Genotype analysis of the variable internal repeat region in the rRNA gene of Trichophyton tonsurans isolated from Japanese Judo practitioners

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-60

  Sugita, Takashi ^a   Shiraki, Yumi ^b   Hiruma, Masataro ^c  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genotype; Judo; Trichophyton tonsurans; Variable internal repeat

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA GENE; SPORT; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS; VARIABLE INTERNAL REPEAT;

FUNGI; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 31344460405     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2006.tb03771.x     Document Type: Article

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